New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday reminded hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi without mentioning his name over reports that China has constructed a village in Arunachal Pradesh.
“Remember his promise – I won’t let the country bow down before anyone’,” he Tweeted.
The Congress MP also shared a screenshot of a news story on China building the village in Indian territory, in the tweet.
Reacting to the Tweet, Tapir Gao, BJP MP from Arunachal Pradesh, said that it was in fact former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi of the Congress party who had stopped the Indian Army from undertaking an operation to push back China’s People’s Liberation Army.
There was a wrong policy of Govt during Congress regime. They didn’t construct road up to the border which left a buffer zone of 3-4 km which China occupied. Construction of new villages isn’t a new thing, it’s all inherited from Congress: Tapir Gao, BJP MP from Arunachal Pradesh
— ANI (@ANI) January 19, 2021
“Since the 80s, China has been constructing road. They’ve built Longju to Maza road. During Rajiv Gandhi’s regime, China occupied Sumdorong Chu Valley in Tawang. The then Army Chief planned an operation but Rajiv Gandhi denied him permission to push back the PLA,” Gao said.
“Since the 80s till today, they (China) have been occupying this area and construction of villages is not a new thing. They have already constructed military base between Bisa and Maza which is inside the McMahon Line, under Indian territory.
Since 80s China is constructing road. They’ve built Longju to Maza road. During Rajiv Gandhi’s regime, China occupied Sumdorong Chu Valley in Tawang. The then Army Chief planned an op but Rajiv Gandhi denied him permission to push back PLA: BJP MP from Arunachal Pradesh Tapir Gao pic.twitter.com/g4mNGueaDg
— ANI (@ANI) January 19, 2021
Since the 80s till today, they (China) are occupying this area and construction of villages is not a new thing. They have already constructed military base between Bisa and Maza which is inside McMahon Line, under Indian territory: Tapir Gao, BJP MP from Arunachal Pradesh https://t.co/xKIE1h9YPy
— ANI (@ANI) January 19, 2021
“There was a wrong policy of the government during the Congress regime. They didn’t construct a road up to the border which left a buffer zone of 3-4 km which China occupied. The construction of new villages isn’t a new thing, it’s all inherited from Congress,” the BJP MP added.
